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Michael Geoffrey "Mike" Skinner (born 27 November 1978) is an English rapper, musician, record producer, and actor, best known for the music project The Streets.
Skinner was born in Croydon, South London. He moved to West Heath, Birmingham and started playing with keyboards at the age of five. When he was seven years old he began experiencing symptoms of epilepsy, which worsened in his early teens. He began writing hip-hop and garage music in his home in West Heath and later built a sound booth in his bedroom, using a cupboard and a mattress. In the mid-1990s, following secondary education at Bournville School, Skinner became a student at Sutton Coldfield College, in Sutton Coldfield, and was working in fast-food jobs while trying to start his own independent record label and sending off demos.
He describes his background as "Barratt class: suburban estates, not poor but not much money about, really boring." Skinner has however always identified himself with Birmingham and he is a keen supporter of Birmingham City. He has worn the club's replica shirt on stage. He also wore it in the music video for his remix of Bloc Party's single "Banquet".
Mike Skinner is starting a small intimate London clubnight called 'Tonga' ft guests like Murkage : http://bit.ly/1jFNSMe And a label championing new MCs and bass music. Skinner's blog: very entertaining: http://www.mikeskinner.so Catch Mike with Mistajam at SW4: http://bit.ly/1or6WSx Mike on going back to DJing: "It didn't feel like that much of a stretch to me. I started out learning to DJ on vinyl when I was 15. Obviously I then focused on The Streets and have come back to it ten years later. Musically I find it quite straight forward -- people know me for rap and having a party, as well as the other influences in The Streets. 'Blinded By The Lights was an attempt to combine rap and dance music which is now kind of happening with the whole trap thing. So it sort of feels quite obviou...
a week without words. actually kind of just testing the camera really. i usually say that if i get collared filming somewhere illegally. i plan to film in lots of illegal places
Mike Skinner & Murkage are back at it again, with a new single featuring Jaykae and Mayhem NODB. What started out as the rap, grime and dubstep club night ran by Mike Skinner and Murkage Dave little over a year ago, Tonga has developed into a beast of its own. Noisey bring you visuals for - 'CCTV' Buy: http://apple.co/29r9pOs Stream: http://spoti.fi/29p9wvy https://twitter.com/murkagedave https://www.facebook.com/TongaBalloonGang/ https://twitter.com/jaykae_invasion https://twitter.com/MaYHem_NODB
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Like This? You Should Subscribe Here Now: http://bit.ly/VErZkw When Noisey legends Danny Brown and Mike Skinner (The Streets/The D.O.T) first met, Danny was puking into a pint glass. One collaboration later and they're still mutual fans of each other. We got them together for a drink and a catch up about gay rappers and dildos. Let us know in the comments who you would like to see in the next Back and Forth. ** Subscribe to Noisey on YouTube to stay updated on our daily releases: http://www.youtube.com/noisey Videos, daily editorial and more: http://www.noisey.com Like Noisey on Facebook: http://fb.com/noisey Follow Noisey on Twitter: http://twitter.com/noiseymusic Read our tumblr: http://noiseymusic.tumblr.com
Mike Skinner (The Streets) - Interview with Jools Holland (2006) -HD-
Tonga, the rap, grime and dubstep night ran by Mike Skinner and Murkage Dave, has been brought to life through an EP release featuring 3 original tracks. This self-titled track perfectly encapsulates the vibe of the night, which has featured surprise guest appearances from Kano, Giggs, and Big Narstie. https://www.facebook.com/TongaBalloonGang/ Buy "Tonga Balloon Gang" - Single by Tonga Balloon Gang https://itun.es/gb/k23R- Image Credit: Dominika Scheibinger You Should Subscribe Here Now: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Noisey ** Subscribe to Noisey on YouTube to stay updated on our daily releases: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Noisey Videos, daily editorial and more: http://www.noisey.com Like Noisey on Facebook: http://fb.com/noisey Follow Noisey on Twitter: http://twitter.com/noiseymusic ...
Mike Skinner creator, singer, producer of The Streets talks to Front Row's Mark Lawson about the fifth and final album and life after The Streets. Tune in for the full interview on BBC Radio 4, Monday 7th feb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/front-row/
Wonderful music from the britsih hip hoper Mike Skinner
Just heard The Streets were voted album of the decade in The Guardian - this is an interview I did with Mike Skinner I did back in the day (2001ish). All put together - filmed, edited and produced - by Ola Tuvesson.